Fashion and Textile News
Hits: 27 LEVERKUSEN – Polymer materials manufacturer Covestro and Kronos, a manufacturer of titanium dioxide pigments, have presented a series of breakthroughs demonstrating how the uptake of digital inkjet printing can provide sustainability benefits for the textile industry. With further …
Hits: 20 STOCKHOLM – A group of major financial investors has urged the chemical industry, a major supplier to the textile sector, to end production of PFAS ‘forever’ chemicals. In a letter to the CEOs of the world’s 50 largest …
Hits: 11 HELSINKI – A European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) investigation has found substances which can cause cancer, genetic mutations or reproductive damage in childcare products including bibs, bedding and mattresses. ECHA’s findings will feed into European Commission proposals to restrict …
Hits: 17 COPENHAGEN – Danish biotech startup company Octarine has announced the successful completion of a €4.35 million ($4.6m) funding round to scale its nature-based textile dyes. The round, led by Óskare Capital, Unconventional Ventures, and the Footprint Firm with …
Hits: 21 BOSTON – US biotechnology company Evolved by Nature has linked up with leather tanneries in Italy and Thailand to make its sustainable leather finishing solution available at scale. Evolved By Nature says its patented ‘Activated SilkTM L1’ biofinishing …
Hits: 25 WASHINGTON – A new federal ruling from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires all manufacturers, and importers of textiles and clothing into the USA to provide the amounts of PFAS used on products dating back over a decade. …
Hits: 21 BATH – Technologies such as membrane-based nano-scale filtration are needed to treat the billions of tons of dye-containing wastewater which enter aquatic systems every year, according to a new study that calls for a new approach to pollution …
Hits: 18 CAMBRIDGE – Colorifix’s biological dyeing technology, which is already in commercial use by retailers such as H&M, Pangaia and Vollebak, has been accredited to Oeko-Tex Eco Passport standard. The technology, which was developed in response to the environmental …
Hits: 13 BRISTOL – The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) and ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) have teamed up to release guidance on reducing microfibre pollution in wastewater. They have issued two snapshot guidance documents, one aimed at brands and retailers, …
Hits: 21 LOS ANGELES – US biochemicals company Nature Coatings has raised $2.45 million in a seed funding round aimed at scaling its bio-based pigments and finishes which are derived from agricultural waste. Supported by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio, the …